December 2009 Issue

1. Foreword by the AKLTG Corporate Team

2. Featured Article: "So why do you care?" by Stuart Tan

3. About Us

4. Quotes of Excellence

5. Testimonial of the Month

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The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
~Elbert Hubbard

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
~Hyman Rickover

In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend. -
~Solon

Learning never exhausts the mind.
~Leonardo da Vinci

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
~Albert Camus

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Dear Reader,

On behalf of all of us in Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group, we would like to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

As we mark the end of this year, we celebrate the festive joy and count our many blessings. Do take a moment to think about those who have been less lucky than us.

In this festive period, lets us be reminded that we all could be in situations far worse that what we are in now and that we should always have compassion for the less fortunate.

In this month's article, our Executive Director and Master Trainer Stuart Tan reminds us why we should have compassion for our fellow people.

Yours Sincerely,
The AKLTG Corporate Team
December 2009

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Profound Healing From Stress And Burnout
By Stuart Tan

What’s your reaction to this:

A passerby walks past and sits down next to you on the bench and starts crying.

Then, let me add details.

1. This person has a badly disfigured face.

2. This person smells very bad.

3. This person has maggots crawling out of his/her open sores

Rewind.

A passerby walks past and sits down next to you on the bench and starts crying.

Let me add NEW details.

1. This person has porcelain complexion, and is extremely beautiful/handsome.

2. This person has the most alluring perfume scent.

3. This person is wearing branded stuff, Gucci, D&G, Louis Vuitton, etc.

Why is your reaction much different, right down in your gut?

It’s likely that very few people can even consider scenario A an acceptable situation for a conversation. What does this mean? If you think about it, as a human race, we are pretty biased. We have no real inclination to like people who are disfigured, ugly or hideous. In this sense, our eyes betray many of us.

I find it very ironic that it is easier to approach someone who is pretty but negative on the inside, than to approach someone who is ugly but positive on the inside. The danger is that we know that the former is FAR MORE toxic than the latter!

I admit, I’m guilty of that occasionally - and it is only right to check ourselves if you fall in this category as well.

So why do I care? Let’s put it this way. One day, I might just get into an accident and there might be a chance that I’d get disfigured. One day, I might not have the mental agility that I have today, and end up less than capable to clean myself up.
Maybe we have to create a much more vibrant impression of other people, and stop ourselves from being too biased. I know it’s easier said than done, but let’s just keep ourselves in check, lest we suffer the same fate.

Compassion reaps rewards. I don’t know if you believe it, but I think it’s useful to.

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